The second, even if they have many monasteries, to have but few friars in each.
The third, to converse little with people in the world, and that only for the good of their souls.
The fourth, to teach more by works than by words.
This happened in the year 1579; and because it is a great truth, I have put my name to it.
Teresa de Jesús.
[1]. See [Life, ch. xxxviii. § 11].
[2]. Psalm xxxviii. 3: "Concaluit cor meum intra me."